FrenchPublisher Comments
Available in two equally exciting series. Each program includes 35 minutes of live-action music video with bilingual lyrics subtitled on the screen. Bil Keane's famous Family Circus "RM" characters introduce each song.... (read more)

Classical Latin: an Introductory Course
by J. C. Mckeown Publisher Comments
Extensively field-tested and fine-tuned over many years, and designed specifically for a one-year course, JC McKeown's Classical Latin: An Introductory Course offers a thorough, fascinating, and playful grounding in Latin that combines the traditional... (read more)

Vietnamese for Beginners - Second Edition Book and CDs
by H. Nguyen Synopsis
This is the second edition of the book Vietnemese for Beginners by Jake Catlett. It contains the book and three CDs. This edition is much improved from the first one. The Vietnamese language made easy Vietnamese for Beginners is designed for either self... (read more)

Earworms Rapid German
by Earworms Learning Synopsis
Earworms is a new type of accelerated learning technique that takes the hard work out of learning. By listening to these specially composed melodies, with their rhythmic repetitions of the foreign phrase and English translation just a few times, users... (read more)

My Alphabet Letter Books, AA to ZZ
by Robert S. Brown Publisher Comments
A consumable student workbook created to accompany the teacher's manual Hands-On Alphabet Activities For Young Children that includes six illustrated pages for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet, ready to be torn out, colored, "read", and taken home... (read more)

Translation, Globalisation and Localisation
by Wang (edt) Ning Book News Annotation
The contributors of these ten articles note how translation has
changed from being an academic or practical exercise to become a
cultural and political practice located within the tensions between
global and local interests and values. They describe... (read more)

Introduction To Spanish Translation (2ND 10 Edition)
by Jack Child Synopsis
This text, designed for a third or fourth year college Spanish course, presents the history, theory and practice of Spanish-to-English translation. The emphasis is on general material to be found in current journals and newspapers, with some specialized... (read more)

Italianissimo Beginners'
by Denise De Rome Publisher Comments
'Italianissimo 1' is a fully integrated language course that will give the adult beginner a comprehensive and lively introduction to the language and people of Italy.... (read more)

Power of Picture Books
by Mary Jo Fresch Book News Annotation
Fresch and Harkins (both Ohio State U., Marion) offer middle school
teachers a practical guide to incorporating picture books--defined as
books in which the text and illustrations have an important,
supporting relationship--into the classroom as a... (read more)

Attitudes, Orientations, and Motivations in Language Learning
by Dornyei Publisher Comments
Motivation is one of the key learner characteristics that determine the rate and success of language learning. This volume addresses motivation in language learning - motives associated with certain features of the language, the language learner, and the... (read more)

College Writing 2 (06 Edition)
by Eileen Cotter Publisher Comments
The Writing strand prepares students for academic written work by teaching them the language, content, and rhetoric needed for success in college courses. These texts build student confidence by presenting step-by-step, easy-to-learn processes for... (read more)

Teaching Language: From Grammar To Grammaring (03 Edition)
by Diane Larsen-freeman Publisher Comments
A must-read for every language teaching professional, TEACHING LANGUAGE: FROM GRAMMAR TO GRAMMARING explores the regular, predictable elements of language as well as the potential creativity of its underlying system. By combining a wide range of view... (read more)

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